by Rabbi Ellen S. Wolintz-Fields Parashat Beha’alotcha begins with the lighting of the menorah, the seven lamps which provided light in the Tabernacle. The priests, kohanim, tended to the...
by Rabbi Ellen S. Wolintz-Fields Parashat Nasso discusses the second census of the Levites. We read about the gifts that were given for the final dedication of the Tabernacle, the Mishkan, the...
by Rabbi Ellen S. Wolintz-Fields Shavuot is one of my favorite holidays – because we stay up all night and study and then when you take a nap the next day, no one can complain that you are sleeping, because...
by Rabbi Ellen S. Wolintz-Fields Parashat Bamidbar begins the fourth book of the Torah, the book of Numbers, Sefer Bamidbar. The Children of Israel have been wandering in the desert, on their...
by Rabbi Ellen S. Wolintz-Fields This Shabbat, with the reading of Parashat Behar-Bechukotai, we conclude the book of Leviticus, Sefer Vayikra. When we conclude a book of the Torah, it...
by Rabbi Ellen S. Wolintz-Fields The word Emor, which is the name of this week’s Torah Reading, means speak. I am sure we all have someone in our life, who no matter what topic is being discussed...
by Rabbi Ellen S. Wolintz-Fields This week’s Torah reading is the double portion of Parashat Achrei Mot-Kedoshim, which includes many familiar verses, such as V’ahavta L’reacha Kamocha, “Love...
by Rabbi Ellen S. Wolintz-Fields This week’s Torah reading is the double portion of Parashat Tazria-Metzora, which reads like a dermatology textbook. There are many descriptions of leprous lesions,...
by Rabbi Ellen S. Wolintz-Fields Parashat Shmini provides the basis for the Kashrut laws. Animals are required to have a split hoof and chew its cud, and fish are required to have scales and fins....
by Rabbi Ellen S. Wolintz-Fields Our greeting to each other on the Festival of Passover is Chag Kasher v’Sameach – May your Passover be Kosher and Happy. The preparations for Passover can be...
